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Concord Dawn Origin Auckland, New Zealand Genres Drum and bass Years active 1998–present Labels Uprising Website www.concord-dawn.co.nz Members Matt Harvey
Evan ShortConcord Dawn, is a New Zealand drum and bass group, active since mid 1999. It consists of Matt Harvey (aka Matty C) and Evan Short (aka Kiljoy). They were courted by local electronic music label Kog Transmissions and released their first album, Concord Dawn, in July 2000.
After touring the album throughout New Zealand they released their second album Disturbance in April 2001 and received "Best Electronic Album" and "Best Independent Release" at the 2001 bNet Music Awards. Following this they started working on their third album: Uprising. Tracks like "Morning Light" and "Don’t Tell Me" found very high international acclaim well before the album’s release. Uprising was released in New Zealand in September 2003 and reached gold sales status in three months, going on to eventually reach platinum sales in New Zealand.
Concord Dawn have become established internationally and their catalogue is distributed worldwide. They went off on a world tour, traveling through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. At the 2003 BNet music awards "Morning Light" won "Best Song" and "Most Radio Play". At the 2004 bNet music awards Uprising received "Best Album" and "Best Electronic Release". Concord Dawn were nominated for "Best Electronic Act" at the 2004 New Zealand music awards.
Work on their long-awaited fourth album was completed in early 2005 and was titled Chaos By Design by the two to express the album’s musically eclectic nature. The album and singles won critical acclaim worldwide with various tracks off the albums being signed to some big and respected drum and dass labels such as Metalheadz, Ram Records and Hospital Recordings.
Concord Dawn were nominated for "Best Tech DJ", "Best International Act" and "Best Producer" at the 2009 UK Drum and Bass Awards. Chaos by Design achieved Gold sales status in New Zealand. Concord Dawn have two of the top 20 selling records of all time at www.chemical-records.co.uk, "Dont Tell Me" and "Morning Light", both released on Timeless Records.
Concord Dawns live sets are well regarded as encompassing the full spectrum of drum and bass music, and this has seen constant tours and performances in Europe, Russia, Australasia, Asia and North America since the turn of the century.
Discography
Date Title Label Charted Country Catalog Number 2000 Concord Dawn Kog Transmissions , Low Profile - - - KOG1015, LOW001 2001 Disturbance - - - KOG1021, LOW006 2003 Uprising Uprising Records 8 - - RISE001CD 2006 Chaos By Design 7 - - RISE009CD 2010 The Enemy Within 13 - - RISECD03 Other songs
Date Album Title Label Artist Catalog Number 2002 In2Deep Bad Bones Deep Needs Audio (DNA) Various DNACD02 2004 ...What Price Will You Pay? Vol.1 Take Me Away (Original Mix) Commercial Suicide Klute SUICIDE CD002 The Dungeonmaster's Guide Take Me Away (Ill Skillz Remix) Human Imprint Recordings Dieselboy HUMA8012 External links
- Amplifier.co.nz - Concord Dawn
- Muzic.net.nz - Concord Dawn
- Concord Dawn's MySpace profile
- Concord Dawn's Biography
- Concord Dawn discography at Discogs
- Concord Dawn at rolldabeats
Categories:- New Zealand musical groups
- Drum and bass musicians
- Drum and bass music groups
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